Robert Sursock is the chairman of Growthgate Capital, chairman and CEO of Gazprombank Invest MENA until 2015, and chairman of Primecorp invest. He spent 25 years at Banque Arabe Et Internationale D’investissement (BAII), which, under his leadership, rose to become one of the prestigious merchant banking institutions, classified within the top 500 in the world, with subsidiaries in the main world financial centers.

From 2009 till 2015 he was the chairman and CEO of Gazprombank Invest MENA Sal., A Beirut based investment bank.

Robert Sursock established Primecorp Finance S.A. in 1997, A financial institution providing investment banking advisory services specialized in funds structuring and management as well as offering corporate finance advisory services to institutions across Europe and the Middle-East. Primecorp, in strategic partnership with specialized institutions (such as IXIS-AEW, Rabobank, Siparex), structured funds in the real estate, agribusiness, and technology sectors, representing over 300m€ of private equity managed assets and has advised on over €3 billion worth of assets.

During his career, Robert Sursock held senior positions in leading banking and financial institutions and is a board member of a number of financial institutions across Europe and the Middle-East and an active member of regional MENA think tank.